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홍삼(紅蔘)의 갈변(褐變)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (Studies on the Browning of Red Ginseng)

  • 김동연
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.60-77
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    • 1973
  • 홍삼(紅蔘)의 갈변(褐變)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)를 하기 위(爲)하여 이의 갈변(褐變)을 비효소적(非酵素的) 갈변(褐變)으로 단정(斷定)하고 어떤 성분(成分)의 작용(作用)으로 일어나는 갈변(褐變)인가를 추구(追究)하고저 수삼(水蔘), 증삼(蒸蔘), 자연건조홍삼(自然乾燥紅蓼), 인공건조홍삼(人工乾燥紅蔘), 인공건조시(人工乾燥時) 갈변촉진홍삼(褐變促進經蔘)으로 구분(區分)하여 이들의 성분중(成分中) 갈변(褐變)에 관여(關與)하는 화학성분(化學成分)들의 소장(消長)을 정량적(定量的)으로 분석대조(分析對照)하였고 홍삼(紅蔘)의 인공건조시(人工乾燥時) 갈변촉진(褐變促進)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)에서 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 일반성분(一般成分)은 대체(大體)로 시험구간(試驗區間)에 별차이(別差異)가 없었으며 총당(總糖)과 환원당(還元塘)은 조금 감소(減少)하고 총산(總酸)은 홍삼류(紅蔘類)가 조금 높았고 수추출물(水抽出物)은 홍삼구(紅蔘區)들이 $6{\sim}7%$ 낮았다. 2. 유리(遊離)amino산(酸)으로 Asp., Thr., Ser., Glu., Gly., Ala., Val., Cys., Met., Ileu., Leu., Tyr., Phe., Lys., His.. Arg.의 16종(種)이 검출(檢出) 확인(確認)되었으며 Arg.이 뛰어나게 많이 함유(含有)되어 있고 필수(必須) amino산(酸)이 모두 함유(含有)되며 일반적(一般的)으로 건조중(乾燥中)에 감소(減少)되고 자연건조구(自然乾燥區)가 인공건조구(人工乾燥區) 보다 많은 감소율(減少率)을 보였다. 3. 유리당(遊離糖)으로 fructose, glucose, sucrose의 3종(種)을 분리(分離) 동정(同定)하였고 미확인성분(未確認成分) 4종(種)을 분리(分離)하였으며 함량(含量)에서는 sucrose가 80%이고 홍삼구(紅蔘區)들이 일반적(一般的)으로 함량(含量)이 적었으며 자연건조구(自然乾燥區)가 인공건조구(人工乾燥區) 보다 많은 감소율(減少率)을 보였으며 특(特)히 환원당(還元糖)이 많은 감소(減少)를 보였다. 4. Vitamin C는 증삼시(蒸蔘時)에 거이 파괴(破壞)되고 건조중(乾燥中)에는 별(別)로 변화(變化)가 없었다. 5. 휘발성산(揮發性酸)으로 acetic acid, propionic acid, acrylic acid, iso-butyric acid, n-butyric acid, iso-valeric acid, n-valeric acid, n-caproic acid, iso-heptylicacid, n-heptylic acid 등(等) 11종(種)과 미확인성분(未確認成分) 1종(種)이 검출(檢出) 확인(確認)되었으며 증자시(蒸煮時)에 일부(一部) 휘발감소(揮發減少)를 보였으나 건조중(乾燥中)에는 일반적(一般的)으로 증가(增加)를 보였다. 6. 비휘발성산(非揮發性酸)으로 citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, ${\alpha}-ketoglutaric$ acid, pyruvic acid, glutaric acid 등(等) 6종(種)을 분리(分離) 동정(同定)하였으며 비휘발성산(非揮發性酸)은 건조중(乾燥中) 감소(減少)되어 홍삼구(紅蔘區)들이 함량(含量)이 적으나 succinic acid만은 증가(增加)하였다. 7. Polyphenol 류(類)로 3-caffeyl quinic acid, 4-caffeyl quinic acid, 5-caffeyl quinic acid의 3종(種)과 미확인성분(未確認成分) 1종(種)을 분리(分離) 동정(同定)하였으며 polyphenol은 건조중(乾燥中) 많은 감소(減少)가 있었으며 특(特)히 자연건조구(自然乾燥區)에서 많은 감소(減少)가 있었다. 8. 홍삼(紅蔘)들의 갈색도(褐色度)는 갈변촉진구(褐變促進區)가 가장 짙고 다음이 자연건조구(自然乾燥區)이며 인삼건조구(人工乾燥區)가 가장 약(弱)한 갈색(褐色)이였다. 9.홍삼제조시(紅蔘製造時) 성분(成分)의 감소량(減少量)이 많은 것은 amino산(酸) 당류(糖類) 및 polyphenol이며 또 이들의 감소량(減少量)에 따라 홍삼(紅蔘)의 갈색(褐色)에 차(差)가 있는 것으로 미루어 홍삼(紅蔘)의 갈변(褐變)은 주(主)로 amino-carbonyl반응(反應)카 polyphenol의 자동산화(自動酸化)에 의(依)한 비효소적(非酵素的) 갈변(褐變)임이 확실(確實)하며 따라서 이들 반응(反應)을 조정(調整)하면 단시간건조(短時間乾燥)하는 인공건조시(人工乾燥時)에도 자연건조시(自然乾燥時)와 같은 갈색도(褐色度)의 홍삼(紅蔘)을 만들 수 있음을 알았다.

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The Effects of Two Inoculants Applied to Forage Sorghum at Ensiling on Silage Characteristics

  • Guan, Wu-tai;Ashbell, G.;Hen, Y.;Weinberg, Z.G.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.218-221
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    • 2002
  • Whole forage sorghum (saccharatum) cultivar FS5 was harvested at the soft dough ($303{\pm}9g\;kg^{-1}$ DM) stage of maturity. The sorghum was chopped into approximately 20 mm pieces and ensiled under laboratory conditions in 1.5 L Weck glass jars. At ensiling, it was treated with two commercial silage inoculants: Pioneer 1188 (Inoculant A) and Eco-corn (Inoculant B). The inoculant A and B was applied at ca $2{\times}10^5$ or $2{\times}10^4$ colony forming units $g^{-1}$ DM., respectively. Silage with no additives served as a control. Three jars per treatment were opened on days 2, 4, 8, 15 and 60 post-ensiling to study fermentation dynamics. After 60 days of ensiling the silages were analyzed and subjected to an aerobic stability test lasting 5 days. Results showed that both inoculants caused a more rapid rate of pH decrease and a higher amount of lactic acid production. All the silages were well preserved and were stable upon exposure to air. Inoculants did not influence (p>0.05) the ash and total N contents, but tended to reduce acetic acid (p<0.05), butyric acid (p<0.01) and propionic acid (p<0.01) contents, and to increase the lactic acid content (p<0.01). The lower DM content of silages treated with Inoculant A agrees with the greater gas loss resulting from the DM loss, which was in good agreement with the higher yeast counts upon aerobic exposure. Silage treated with inoculant B had the highest DM (p<0.05) and lactic acid contents (p<0.01), and the lowest acetic acid content (p<0.05), which agrees with the rapid reduction of pH and smaller gas loss. Inoculant B reduced the ADF (p<0.01), ADL and NDF (p<0.05) contents, which also indicates smaller losses of organic soluble material. The control silages contained the highest levels of volatile fatty acids but no lactic acid, indicating secondary fermentation. It was concluded that both inoculants may improve the fermentation process, since silages from all treatments were stable upon aerobic exposure, noadvantage could be attributed to any of the inoculants used.

저분자 chitosan이 배추김치 모델시스템의 보존성에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of Low Molecular Weight Chitosans on the Characteristics of Kimchi during Fermentation)

  • 김광옥;문형아;전동원
    • 한국식품과학회지
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    • 제27권3호
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    • pp.420-427
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    • 1995
  • 저분자 chitosan이 김치의 보존성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 분자량이 다른 4종류의 저분자 chitosan을 양념을 첨가하지 않은 배추김치의 모델 시스템(소금 농도 2%)에 0.5%씩 첨가하고 $20^{\circ}C$에서 발효시키면서 김치의 특성 변화를 살펴보았다. 동일 발효기간내에서 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 pH는 낮고 총산함량은 높았으며 환원당 함량은 발효 6일까지 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 더 낮은 경향이었다. 유기산 중 malic acid 함량은 발효 4일까지 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 낮은 경향을 보였으며, succinic acid 함량은 발효 2일째에 그리고 lactic acid와 acetic acid 함량은 발효 4일째에 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 높은 경향을 나타냈을 뿐 나머지 발효기간에서는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 또한 propionic acid 함량은 발효 6일 이후에 미량으로 나타났으며, 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 높은 경향을 보여주었다. 총균수, Leuconostoc속 미생물 수, Lactobacillus plantarum의 수는 전 발효기간 동안 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 더 많았으며 특히 chitosan 첨가군들은 대조군과 비교했을때 Leuconostoc속 미생물보다 산패균인 Lactobacillus plantarum의 생육을 훨씬 크게 억제시켰다. Leuconostoc속 미생물 수에 있어서 분자량이 적은 chitosan 첨가군들이 분자량이 큰 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 적은 경향이었으며 Lactobacillus plantarum의 수는 chitosan 첨가군들간에 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 관능검사로 조사한 신맛과 군덕내는 대조군이 chitosan 첨가군들에 비해 강했으며, 경도는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나 대조군이 더 약하게 평가되었다. 또한 이취는 전 실험군에서 모두 약하게 평가되어 이취는 chitosan에 의해 큰 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다.

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Effects of calcium propionate on the fermentation quality and aerobic stability of alfalfa silage

  • Dong, Zhihao;Yuan, Xianjun;Wen, Aiyou;Desta, Seare T.;Shao, Tao
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제30권9호
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    • pp.1278-1284
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    • 2017
  • Objective: To assess the potency of calcium propionate (CAP) used as silage additive, an experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of CAP on the nitrogen transformation, fermentation quality and aerobic stability of alfalfa silages. Methods: Alfalfa was ensiled with four levels of CAP (5, 10, 15, and 20 g/kg of fresh weight [FW]) in laboratory silos for 30 days. After opening, the silages were analyzed for the chemical and microbiological characteristics, and subjected to an aerobic stability test. Results: The increasing proportion of CAP did not affect pH, lactic acid (LA) concentrations and yeast counts, while linearly decreased counts of enterobacteria (p = 0.029), molds (p<0.001) and clostridia (p<0.001), and concentrations of acetic acid (p<0.001), propionic acid (p<0.001), butyric acid (p<0.001), and ethanol (p = 0.007), and quadratically (p = 0.001) increased lactic acid bacteria counts. With increasing the proportion of CAP, the dry matter (DM) loss (p<0.001), free amino acid N (p<0.001), ammonia N (p = 0.004), and non-protein N (p<0.001) contents were linearly reduced, whereas DM (p = 0.048), water soluble carbohydrate (p<0.001) and peptide N (p<0.001) contents were linearly increased. The highest Flieg's point was found in CAP10 (75.9), represented the best fermentation quality. All silages treated with CAP improved aerobic stability as indicated by increased stable hours compared with control. Conclusion: The addition of CAP can suppress the undesirable microorganisms during ensiling and exposure to air, thereby improving the fermentation quality and aerobic stability as well as retarding the proteolysis of alfalfa silage. It is suggested that CAP used as an additive is recommended at a level of 10 g/kg FW.

Enterobacter cloacae YJ-1의 고정화세포에 의한 과일 폐기물로부터 수소생산 (Hydrogen Production from Fruit Wastes by Immobilized Cells of Enterobacter cloacae VJ-1)

  • 이기석;허양일;정선용;강창민
    • KSBB Journal
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    • 제20권6호
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    • pp.447-452
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구에서는 과일 폐액으로부터 고정화 세포를 이용하여 수소생산을 위한 배양조건을 조사하였다. 각종 과일 폐액 중에 수박 폐액에서 환원당의 함량이 가장 높았으며, 수소생산량은 2319.2 mL/L이었다. 고정화 물질 sodium alginate의 농도와 크기에 따른 수소생산성 효과는 검토범위 내에서는 적었다. 고정화된 비드의 내부 관찰에서 세포가 왕성하게 생육하고 있음을 확인했다. 대사의 효소물질로 이용될 수 있는 각종 아미노산의 첨가는 종류에 관계없이 수소생산성에 영향을 거의 미치지 않았다. 금속이온 $FeSO_4$를 첨가한 결과 최적 농도는 1.2 g/L이고, 1.3배의 수소생산 증가를 나타났다. 수소생산정지 후 배양액의 유기산은 lactic acid와 butyic acid가 가장 많았다.

Relationship Linking Dietary Quercetin and Roughage to Concentrate Ratio in Feed Utilization, Ruminal Fermentation Traits and Immune Responses in Korean Indigenous Goats

  • Cho, Chi Hyun;Yang, Byung Mo;Park, No Seong;Lee, Hyung Suk;Song, Minho;Yi, Young Joo;Heo, Jung Min;Wickramasuriya, Samiru Sudharaka;Cho, Hyun Min;Lee, Soo Kee
    • 한국초지조사료학회지
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    • 제37권1호
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    • pp.10-18
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    • 2017
  • A total of nine Korean indigenous goats were used in a cross-over arrangement to give nine replicates per treatment, and they were housed individually assigned to 1 of 9 dietary treatments. Nine treatments were 0, 500, and 1000 ppm of quercetin supplementation in diets by mixing roughage and concentrate with different ratios (RC ratio) of 3:7 (RC 30), 5:5 (RC 50) and 7:3 (RC 70). Nutrient utilizations of dry matter, crude fat and NDF were not affected by neither RC ratio nor dietary quercetin (p>0.05), but the rate of crude protein and ADF increased in animals in RC 70 group regardless of quercetin supplementation (p<0.05). In addition, higher RC ratio increased (p<0.05) N retention and N retention rate. Total VFA, acetic acid, propionic acid, iso-butyric acid, butyric acid, iso-valeric acid and valeric acid contents were not affected (p>0.05) by dietary quercetin. Meanwhile, lower total cholesterol level exhibited in animals in RC 70 group compared to RC 30 or 50 groups, unrelated to dietary quercetin (p<0.05), however other plasma parameters were not influenced (p>0.05) by RC ratio and dietary quercetin. Our results indicated that both RC ratio and dietary quercetin may not directly affect the production indices and immune responses in Korean indigenous goat.

NaOH 첨가에 따른 음식물찌꺼기 고온 혐기성 산발효 (Thermophilic Anaerobic Acid Fermentation of Food Wastes after NaOH Addition)

  • 안철우;이철승;서종환;박진식;문추연;장성호;김수생
    • 한국환경농학회지
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.220-227
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    • 2004
  • 본 연구는 음식물찌꺼기의 혐기성 산발효에 있어 여러 조건들 중 온도가 효율적인 가수분해와 산발효에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위해 고온($55^{\circ}C$)과 중온($35^{\circ}C$)에서 각각 실험을 수행하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 음식물찌꺼기의 혐기성 산발효시 산생성 효율을 높이기 위한 전처리 과정으로 음식물찌꺼기에 NaOH를 투입한 결과 가수분해효율을 표현한 가용화 정도(Solubilizatio)가 0.01g NaOH/g TS이하로 투입된 경우 $0.01\;mgSCODP_{prod.}/mgICOD_{inf.}$이하를 타내었으나, 0.05g NaOH/g TS이상을 투입했을 때는 $0.07{\sim}0.09\;mgSCOD_{prod.}/mgICOD_{inf.}$로 나타났다. 따라서 음식물찌꺼기에 NaOH를 투입하여 효율적인 가수분해가 이루어지기 위해서는 g TS당 0.05 g이상의 NaOH가 투입되어야 할 것으로 판단된다. 음식물찌꺼기를 NaOH로 전처리 한 후 고온($55^{\circ}C$) 산발효를 실시했을 때 0.05 g NaOH/g TS 투입시 SCOD의 증가치 3,800 mg/L로 최대의 가용화와 산생성에 효과적인 pH 5.95를 얻을 수 있었다. 0.05g NaOH/g TS를 투입하여 중온($35^{\circ}C$)에서 산발효를 실시한 경우와 비교하여 SCOD 증가치가 약 5배정도 높았고, 최대 가용화에 이르는 시간도 중온의 2/3 정도로 짧아 음식물찌꺼기의 가용화에는 고온이 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. NaOH 0.05 g NaOH/g TS로 전처리된 음식물찌꺼기의 산발효 결과 고온($55^{\circ}C$) 및 중온($35^{\circ}C$)에서 각각 반응시작 후 72시간에 12,600 mg/L, 120시간에 9,800 mg/L의 VFA농도를 나타내어 동일기질을 이용하여 산발효를 실시했을 때 중온보다는 고온에서 미생물의 활성증대와 유기물의 가수분해가 촉진되어 VFA생성이 효율적인 것으로 판단되었다. 고온에서 NaOH에 전처리 된 음식물찌꺼기를 산발효 시켰을 때 VFA가 가장 높았던 시점을 기준으로 VFA의 조성을 조사한 결과 acetic acid가 45.9%, buftc acid가 26.7%, propionic acid가 13.9% 등으로 총 유기산 발생량의 86.5%를 차지하였다.

보리등겨로 제조한 간장의 발효기간별 맛성분 변화 (Changes in Taste Components of Kanjang Made with Barley Bran during Fermentation)

  • 이은정;권오준;최웅규;손동화;권오진;이석일;양성호;임무혁;김대곤;정영건
    • 한국식품과학회지
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    • 제34권1호
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    • pp.85-90
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    • 2002
  • 보리등겨로 제조한 간장의 발효 기간별 맛성분 변화를 조사하였다. pH의 변화는 숙성초기에 pH 5.7로 나타났으나 이후 $4.9{\sim}5.1$로 일정하였다. 총질소는 숙성 90일째에 식품공전상 간장의 총질소 기준인 0.7%에 도달하였다. 유리당은 arabinose, xylose, fructose, glucose, 및 maltose 5종이 검출되었으며 휘발성 유기산으로는 acetic acid, propionic acid 및 butyric acid 3종이 검출되었다. 비휘발성 유기산으로는 lactic acid, fumaric acid, levulinic acid, succinic acid, malic acid, ${\alpha}-ketoglutaric\; acid$, citric acid 및 pyroglutamic acid 8종이 검출되었으며 특히, lactic acid는 기존 콩간장에 비해 거의 검출되지 않았다. 총 유리아미노산의 함량은 $442.9{\sim}803.6\;mg%$였으며, glutamic acid>proline>phenylalanine등의 순으로 높았다. 총 필수아미노산의 함량은 $151.9{\sim}298.6\;mg%$로 전체 아미노산 함량의 $34.3{\sim}37.3%$였다. 관능검사 결과, 숙성 45일과 60일이 기호도가 가장 높았다.

Comparison of Fermentation Characteristics of Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and Guineagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) during the Early Stage of Ensiling

  • Shao, Tao;Zhang, Z.X.;Shimojo, M.;Wang, T.;Masuda, Y.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제18권12호
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    • pp.1727-1734
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    • 2005
  • The fermentation characteristics and mono- and di-saccharides compositions during the early stage of ensiling were studied with a temperate grass, Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and a tropical grass, guineagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq.). The laboratory silos were kept in the room set at 25$^{\circ}C$, and then were opened on 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 days (14 days in Italian ryegrass) after ensiling, respectively. The Italian ryegrass silage showed a fast and large pH decrease caused by a fast and large production of lactic acid during the first 5 days of ensiling and succeeded to achieve lactic acid type fermentation; high lactic acid/acetic acid and lactic acid content at the end of ensiling (14 days), low values of pH (3.74), acetic acid, ethanol and ammonia-N/total nitrogen, none or only small amounts of Butyric acid, valeric acid and propionic acid. The guineagrass silage showed a slow decrease in pH and a slow increase in lactic acid content during the full ensiling period, causing a high final pH value, low contents of lactic acid, acetic acid, total volatile fatty acids and total organic acids. In Italian ryegrass silage, mono- and di-saccharides compositions decreased largely within the initial 0.5 day (12 h) of ensiling. Sucrose disappeared rapidly within the initial 0.5 day of ensiling, but fructose and glucose contents showed an initial rise by the activity of enzymes in plant tissues, and then decreased gradually. On the other hand, the contents of monoand di-saccharides in guineagrass showed the largest decreases due mainly to plant respiration within the initial 0.5 day of ensiling, and no initial rises in fructose and glucose contents during the early stage of ensiling because of the absence of fructans which are hydrolyzed into fructose and glucose in temperate grasses. In both silages, the rate of reduction in mono- and di-saccharides compositions within the initial 5 days of ensiling was ranked in the order of glucose>fructose>sucrose, suggesting that glucose and fructose might be more favorably utilized than sucrose by microorganisms and glucose is the first fermentation substrate. It was concluded that the silage made from Italian ryegrass with high moisture content had a good fermentation quality owing to the dominance of lactic acid bacteria and active lactic acid fermentation during the initial stage of ensiling. These results can be explained by rapid plant sap liberation and the high activity of plant enzyme hydrolyzed fructans into fructose and glucose within the initial 2 days of ensiling, which stimulate the homofermentative lactic acid bacteria growth. In ensiling a temperate grass, the physical characteristics may ensure the rapid onset of fermentation phase, which results from the smaller losses of water-soluble carbohydrates during the initial stage of ensiling and providing sufficient water-soluble carbohydrates for lactic acid bacteria. The silage made from guineagrass with intermediate dry matter and high initial mono- and di-saccharides content was stable silage. This could be explained by the higher incorporation of air during the very early stage of ensiling and the restriction of cell breakdown and juice release due to the properties of a tropical grass with coarse porosity and stemmy structures. These physical characteristics delayed the onset of lactic acid bacteria fermentation phase by extending the phases of respiration and aerobic microorganisms activity, causing the higher loss of water-soluble carbohydrates and the shortage of lactic acid bacteria fermentation substrates.

Improvement of Nutritive Value and In vitro Ruminal Fermentation of Leucaena Silage by Molasses and Urea Supplementation

  • Phesatcha, K.;Wanapat, M.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제29권8호
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    • pp.1136-1144
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    • 2016
  • Leucaena silage was supplemented with different levels of molasses and urea to study its nutritive value and in vitro rumen fermentation efficiency. The ensiling study was randomly assigned according to a $3{\times}3$ factorial arrangement in which the first factor was molasses (M) supplement at 0%, 1%, and 2% of crop dry matter (DM) and the second was urea (U) supplement as 0%, 0.5%, and 1% of the crop DM, respectively. After 28 days of ensiling, the silage samples were collected and analyzed for chemical composition. All the nine Leucaena silages were kept for study of rumen fermentation efficiency using in vitro gas production techniques. The present result shows that supplementation of U or M did not affect DM, organic matter, neutral detergent fiber, and acid detergent fiber content in the silage. However, increasing level of U supplementation increased crude protein content while M level did not show any effect. Moreover, the combination of U and M supplement decreased the content of mimosine concentration especially with M2U1 (molasses 2% and urea 1%) silage. The result of the in vitro study shows that gas production kinetics, cumulation gas at 96 h and in vitro true digestibility increased with the increasing level of U and M supplementation especially in the combination treatments. Supplementation of M and U resulted in increasing propionic acid and total volatile fatty acid whereas, acetic acid, butyric acid concentrations and methane production were not changed. In addition, increasing U level supplementation increased $NH_3$-N concentration. Result from real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed a significant effect on total bacteria, whereas F. succinogenes and R. flavefaciens population while R. albus was not affected by the M and U supplementation. Based on this study, it could be concluded that M and urea U supplementation could improve the nutritive value of Leucaena silage and enhance in vitro rumen fermentation efficiency. This study also suggested that the combination use of M and U supplementation level was at 2% and 1%, respectively.